11/13/09 Foto Week DC is winding to a close and I was finally able to catch a couple events last night. The Embassy of Canada held a screening of “Karsh is History” a biopic to go along with the exhibit “Karsh at 100: Portraits of Artists” at the embassy. Yousuf Karsh being one of the greatest photographic portraitists of the 20th century. The most amusing part of the documentary is an interview with Annie Leibovitz discussing her attempt to make a portrait of the famous Karsh. He was clearly not impressed with her attempts and tried to help her out by going through a variety of poses without being asked.

And then it was over to Marvin in the U Street neighborhood for the Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW)’s November Co-Ed Happy Hour! It was good to meet some new people and see some faces I haven’t seen in awhile. It was pitch black in the bar upstairs so I managed to blind everyone with my flash before leaving. My work here is done.